Over the past six seasons, one idea has been ingrained in many college football fans’ minds: the South Eastern Conference is far and away the best national conference. To be honest, if one were to take a cursory glance, it would not seem like much of a stretch. The past six national champions have all [...]
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Despite his passing, Loel Schrader still serves as role model
Though last weekend will likely be remembered for the loss of an icon in college football, Joe Paterno’s passing is not the only one worth mourning for Southern Californians. Loel Schrader never won a national championship, or any game for that matter, at the collegiate level, but in some ways his career as a sports [...]
Read the rest of this article »USC teams face an alarming lack of student support
In the afterglow of the 2011 football season, which ended with a 10-2 overall record, students and Trojan fans are already craving what lies ahead for 2012. Sure, that is not surprising, considering juniors Matt Barkley and T.J. McDonald decided to return for their senior seasons; not to mention, the 2012 roster is filled [...]
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Résumés don’t lie. Well, not most of the time. Through the first 17 games of this season, the USC women’s basketball team has compiled a 10-7 overall mark in spite of playing the third- toughest nonconference slate in the country, according to RealTimeRPI.com. The Women of Troy, who are 5-2 in Pac-12 play, are also [...]
Read the rest of this article »Despite recent success, Trojan Basketball lacks answers
The USC men’s basketball team has enjoyed a fairly exciting run over the last five years. Outside of the 2009-2010 season, in which the team faced postseason ineligibility, the Trojans have managed to muscle their way to a berth in the NCAA tournament every season — and a spot in the Pac-10 title game three [...]
Read the rest of this article »Men’s water polo team continues USC’s winning tradition
When goalkeeper Joel Dennerley left the pool after defeating UCLA 7-4 on Sunday Dec. 4, 2011, he could call himself a national champion — four times over. Four national championships in four years. Unheard of. In the grand scheme of college athletics, the Trojans’ four-peat is truly historic. There are few runs in college sports [...]
Read the rest of this article »Breaking the SEC color barrier
History lessons have a way of awakening the details that get lost in the depths of sports fans’ memories. For instance, if you watched Alabama’s 21-0 drubbing of rival LSU in last week’s BCS National Championship Game, you should have felt a connection to the cardinal and gold. No, junior quarterback Matt Barkley wasn’t slinging [...]
Read the rest of this article »Women of Troy fighting setbacks
It happened almost in an instant. A promising career derailed yet again by another injury. Senior guard Jacki Gemelos tore her anterior cruciate ligament against Texas A&M back in mid-December. Another season lost, another surgery and another year of rehab. This was supposed to be the year the USC women’s basketball team took the next [...]
Read the rest of this article »Monte Kiffin and young USC defense hit stride in 2011
As the sixth-ranked USC Trojans enter the offseason, players, coaches and fans have a lot of things to remember from the 2011 season. Junior quarterback Matt Barkley threw a conference-record 39 touchdown passes, sophomore receiver Robert Woods and freshman receiver Marqise Lee totaled more than 1,000 yards receiving and, best of all, the Trojans went [...]
Read the rest of this article »Steve Johnson looks to cement fourth straight NCAA title
Even though we are just a few weeks into the new year, it’s hard not to be intrigued by what lies ahead for the USC athletic program over the course of the next 300-plus days. 2012 unequivocally has the potential to be the greatest chapter in the tradition-steeped annals of USC athletics. There’s the men’s [...]
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